What was Absolute music?

Music that favored classical forms with Romantic flare

What did Individualism mean for composers?

Each composer must find his own unique voice

What was Program music?

Instrumental music that told a story through music

Which two composers were also written music critics?

Robert Schumann and Hector Berlioz

Who was known to support Absolute music?

Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Brahms

Which of the following is NOT an element of impressionism?

Dramatic expressions of the artist's emotions

What was the goal of Romantic music?

Break the rules (or make new ones)

What is Primitivism (Fauvism)?

Imaginative depiction of pre-historic cultures, usually your own

What was the result of Schoenberg's “Emancipation of Dissonance?"

Organization of pitches in “series” (serialism), creating “atonality”

How did cultural and technological changes affect the arts?

Visual arts are abstracted – nolonger “photographic”

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1
What was Absolute music?
Music that favored classical forms with Romantic flare
Instrumental music that told a story through music
Music performed only in salons or in other private settings
Opera-style music performed outside of the theater
2
Who was considered the first "modernist" composer?
Edward Elgar
Claude Debussy
Igor Stravinsky
Richard Wagner
3
What did Individualism mean for composers?
Each movement of a piece must be entirely separated harmonically
Having individual sounds carry through a piece
Composers avoiding interaction with one another to stay original
Each composer must find his own unique voice
4
What was the most common element of imagery in Romantic music?
God/Religious motives
Supernatural
Nature/animals
Royalty
5
What was Program music?
Music performed only in salons or in other private settings
Instrumental music that told a story through music
Music that favored classical forms with Romantic flare
Opera-style music performed outside of the theater
6
Which two composers were also written music critics?
Robert Schumann and Hector Berlioz
Frederic Chopin and Giuseppe Verdi
Franz Schubert and Richard Strauss
Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Vogner
7
Who was known to support Absolute music?
Tchaikovsky, Debussy, and Verdi
Berlioz, Liszt, Strauss, and Wagner
Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Brahms
Beethoven, Schubert, and Chopin
8
Which of the following is NOT an element of impressionism?
Color-oriented-- belief in synesthesia
Deliberately abstact: “createthe impression of a thing”
Dramatic expressions of the artist's emotions
Emphasis on “rule breaking”
9
What was the goal of Romantic music?
Add new forms of ornamentation on the spot
Completely abandon the tonal system
Return to the Sacred form of music rather than secular
Break the rules (or make new ones)
10
Which two composers were part of the "Beethoven's Heir" debate?
Wagner and Brahms
Schumann and Mendelssohn
Liszt and Tchaikovsky
Schubert and Mahler
11
Which Beethoven Symphony was inspired by Napoleon?
Symphony no. 9
Symphony no. 3
Symphony no. 7
Symphony no. 5
12
Which movement did musicians and artists identify with?
Colonialism
Libertarian
Monarchial
Anti-Monarchial
13
What is Primitivism (Fauvism)?
Imaginitave depiction of foreign cultures(based on imagination/stereotypes)
Imaginative depiction of pre-historic cultures, usually your own
14
Who can we blame for 12 tone rows?
Arnold Schoenberg
Richard Wagner
Claude Debussy
Igor Stravinsky
15
What was the result of Schoenberg's “Emancipation of Dissonance?"
The creation of new, more complex musical instruments.
A focus on improvisation and free jazz techniques.
A return to traditional tonal harmony and chord progressions.
Organization of pitches in “series” (serialism), creating “atonality”
16
What is Avant-garde?
A modern method of painting using emotion and impressionism
Experimental, forward-thinking
A form of musical storytelling based on folklore
A modern musical form
17
How did cultural and technological changes affect the arts?
Technology eliminated the need for physical art materials.
Art became solely about producing mass-market products.
Artists focused exclusively on realism and detail.
Visual arts are abstracted – nolonger “photographic”

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